Mounting ISO

[Nils Kassube]

A. Jorge Garcia wrote:
> Oh, OK, VB sounds like an option.  I tried virtualization years ago
> and found it a big memory hog.  So, I don't usually go that route. 
> Maybe I'll try that now.  How much RAM do we need for that?  When I
> boot a liveCD it decompresses the ISO and copies it into RAM, so
> I'll need plenty of RAM if I have to run VB too.  This ISO isn't too
> big, maybe 500MB, but my student's stations only have 750MB RAM....

I think 750MB should be fine. I suppose there isn't much RAM needed by 
the host system while your students are using sage in the virtual 
machine. Therefore, if the main system is Ubuntu, 256MB or maybe even 
less for the host would be enough and the rest is available for 
virtualbox and the guest system. I would just try it on one of the 
student machines and if it is working satisfactorily, you can copy it to 
the other machines.


Nils